NARS Radiant Cream Compact Foundation: Review

Hello all! :)

I've been using for about the last two months the NARS Radiant cream compact foundation and thought I shall share my thoughts on it. I literally wanted to try this ever since I saw Wayne Goss complementing it on his Youtube channel, I just flipping love that guy! 

NARS say it's meant to be a lightweight formula that is weightless on the skin and can build up to a medium coverage. It uses advanced emulsion technology which allows it to seamlessly blend in a wet or dry application. 

I got colour matched to light 1 SIBERIA. Now as you can see it looks very dark in the first image when unused but the foundation has an almost top coat before you use it which is a lot darker looking than the foundation itself. (Second image hopefully shows you what i'm trying to explain!)

Firstly the colour for me is just the PERFECT match to me skin! I have never managed to get an 'exact' match from other brands mainly because they look far too yellow, or the lightest shade is just that tad too dark for my skin. But NARS I thank you so much, no more having to bronze the neck hoorah!

So here's a picture of the left side with the foundation on and the right side of my face with out. (Love how symmetric my eyes are haha naat!) As you can see it does seem to get into little lines around my eyes which are slightly noticeable. And the below image is the final outcome, sorry about my fluffy hair!

So what do I think? Yes this is a lovely foundation to apply it really does feel lightweight and you can definitely build it to a medium coverage. I usually apply this with the Urban Decay Optical Blurring brush as I feel this really helps create a smooth even coverage. The only downfall for me is that I don't find it lasts that long on my skin. I would say after five hours I would definitely need a touch up. It's not that it goes patchy its just I can't see it on my face anymore! What I think this foundation is perfect for is for touch ups. If you're someone that's always on the go and has a busy lifestyle I think this is fab just to whack in your handbag. The sleek and thin packaging makes it easy to travel rather than a chunky glass bottle of liquid foundation and it comes with a great size mirror too! Also a plus is that if you do want to re-purchase you only need to buy the refill of the foundation as you buy the compact separately. I do think I would repurchase this in the future. 

Love to here if you guys have tried it and what you thought :)!

Jessica x